With virtually no original competition on the four major television networks, "So You Think You Can Dance" surged to its highest young-adults rating of the season so far Wednesday night, according to early numbers from Nielsen.

The Fox dance-off earned a rating of 1.7 among key 18- to 49-year-olds in its fourth episode of Season 11, rising 31% from last week and out-rating its premiere.

In total viewership, the show increased 20% to 5.27 million people tuning in. The premiere drew 5.3 million overall.

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A behind-the-scenes look at filming around the world for television and movies, as seen from the streets.

A behind-the-scenes look at filming around the world for television and movies, as seen from the streets.

Through 20 matches so far, the ESPN cable networks are averaging a 2.8 household rating in Nielsen's 56 metered markets, helped by a big number from the United States' victory over Ghana. That's up 27% from the first 20 contests in the 2010 event in South Africa.

Winning the box-office derby on its opening weekend was a foregone conclusion for “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation,” leaving only the question of just how formidable a draw the latest installment in the Tom Cruise-led thriller franchise would be.

After receiving a Donkey Kong-style pounding from critics, "Pixels," the '80s video-game themed comedy starring Adam Sandler, was edged out at the box office on its opening weekend, failing to take the No. 1 spot from "Ant-Man," which earned an estimated $24.8 million.